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By Kent Larsen
Sports: WNBA, WUSA Seasons End, Kent over .300
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The regular seasons for the WNBA and for the nascent
WUSA have ended with both Mormons in the WNBA on playoff teams. However,
Kristen Rasmussen wasn't playing as much last week, and her performance was
off her average for the season and while Natalie Williams was playing as
much as she has during the season, her performance was off and the Utah
Starzz were swept from the playoffs by the Sacramento Monarchs.
In baseball, last year's MVP Jeff Kent hit over .400 for the week, finally
bringing his average for the season above .300 for the first time. But the
Dodger's McKay Christensen didn't fare as well, and he was sent back to the
team's AAA affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s. Among pitchers, relief pitchers
Kyle Farnsworth and Dave Veres both had stellar weeks, blanking opponents
over more than 3 innings each. Roy Halladay again led the starting pitchers,
but with a mediocre 3.68 ERA over 7 1/3rd innings.
Meanwhile, every Mormon golfer on the PGA tour was idle during the PGA
championship, leaving just Richard Zokol on the BUY.com tour, who tied for
58th in the Permian Basin Open, and Bruce Summerhays of the PGA Senior tour
playing. Summerhays tied for 6th in his home state event, the Novell Utah
Showdown.
Baseball
Major League Baseball
Position Players:
| McKay Christensen | Center Field | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 22 | 48 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0.333 |
| Jeff Kent | Second Base | San Francisco Giants |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 6 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.409 |
| YTD | 121 | 456 | 65 | 137 | 16 | 81 | 51 | 68 | 0.3 |
Pitchers:
| (MH) Shawn Estes | Starting Pitcher | San Francisco Giants |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 6.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| YTD | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3.67 | 142.3 | 130 | 65 | 58 | 73 | 93 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| YTD | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.51 | 61 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 84 |
| Mike Fetters | Relief Pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| YTD | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5.86 | 35.3 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 29 |
| Roy Halladay | Relief Pitcher | Toronto Blue Jays |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 7.33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| YTD | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.53 | 53.7 | 59 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 46 |
| Jason M. Johnson | Starting Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| YTD | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3.34 | 153.7 | 144 | 77 | 57 | 51 | 88 |
| * Omar Olivares | Relief Pitcher | Pittsburg Pirates |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| YTD | 34 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6.5 | 98.3 | 110 | 76 | 71 | 37 | 62 |
| (MH) Garret Stephenson | Starting Pitcher | St Louis Cardinals |
| [On the Disabled List - out for the season] |
| (MH) Dave Veres | Relief Pitcher | BSt Louis Cardinals |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| YTD | 60 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3.07 | 55.7 | 47 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 50 |
Basketball
NBA
The NBA' season has concluded.
WNBA
| * Kristen Rasmussen | Forward | Miami Sol |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 30 | 3 | 435 | 31 | 91 | 86 | 75 | 2.5 |
| (MH) Natalie Williams | Forward | Utah Starzz |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 3 | 3 | 99 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 11.33 |
| YTD | 34 | 34 | 1121 | 179 | 365 | 324 | 460 | 13.53 |
Football
NFL
The NFL season has ended.
CFL
The CFL season begins June 20th.
Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, but we don't
yet have a source for statistics on him.
We have also identified the following possible Mormon players, based on the 2001 Rosters:
| Player | Team | College |
| Chris Ellison | Saskatchewan Rough Riders | BYU |
| Curtis Marsh | Saskatchewan Rough Riders | Utah |
| Omaar Morgan | Saskatchewan Rough Riders | BYU |
| Rob Hitchcock | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Weber State |
| Trevor Shaw | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Weber State |
| Kevin Alexander | Montreal Alouettes | Utah State |
| Darnell Arceneaux | Montreal Alouettes | Utah |
| Anthony Calvillo | Montreal Alouettes | Utah State |
| Josh Cochran | Montreal Alouettes | Utah |
| Neal Fort | Montreal Alouettes | BYU |
| Chad Folk | Toronto Argonauts | Utah |
| Profail Greer | Toronto Argonauts | Utah State |
| Errol Martin | Toronto Argonauts | Utah |
| Morgan Welch | Toronto Argonauts | Weber State |
| Brandon Dyson | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Utah State |
| Moe Elewonibi | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | BYU |
Hockey
NHL
The NHL's regular season has ended, and the only Mormon player we
know is not on a team playing in the playoffs.
Golf
PGA Tour
| Jay Don Blake | Event | Results | | |
| This Week | Idle | | | |
| YTD | 23 | | | $349,494.19 |
| Keith Clearwater | Event | Results | | |
| This Week | Idle | | | |
| YTD | 15 | | | $52,986.33 |
| Dan Forsman | Event | Results | | |
| This Week | Idle | | | |
| YTD | 18 | | | $233,144.03 |
| Mike Reid | Event | Results | | |
| This Week | Idle | | | |
| YTD | 8 | | | $27,912.66 |
| * Richard Zokol | Event | Results | | |
| This Week | BUY.COM Permian Basin Open | T58 | 70-66-73-72 | $1,296.25 |
| YTD | 13 | | | $139,831.62 |
Senior PGA Tour
| Billy Casper | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 2 events, earned $6,568.50 |
| Johnny Miller | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | |
| Bruce Summerhays | Event | Results | | |
| This Week | Novell Utah Showdown | T6 | 67-65-74 | $57,000.00 |
| YTD | 26 | | | $633,609.06 |
Soccer
WUSA
| Maren Hendershot | Carolina Courage |
| | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Pts | Sht | SOG | FC |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| YTD | 13 | 3 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
* Mormon News has enough information to make it likely that this athlete is either Mormon or has Mormon heritage. But we have so far been unable to confirm this suspicion.
(MH) - Mormon Heritage - This athlete is either an inactive LDS Church member, or has Mormon heritage.
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